About

Phil Nichols has a PhD from the University of Liverpool, holds an MA in Screenwriting, has a background in video production, and teaches all aspects of Film & Television Production. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

His research interest is in the screenplay as an interface between film production and literature, and adaptations to/from literature, film and other media. His primary focus is the American writer Ray Bradbury, who is best known for his short stories and novels in the popular genres of horror, fantasy and science fiction, but is also the writer whose authorship is most heavily engaged with self-adaptation.

Phil Nichols' work on Bradbury and screenwriting has taken him to leading international conferences on the fantastic, media adaptation, the short story and science fiction, at the University of California Riverside, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, University of Angers in France and Edge Hill University in the UK.

He serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana (May 2007 to date) and the Editorial Board of The New Ray Bradbury Review, University of Indiana/Kent State University Press (March 2009 to date).

His website at http://www.bradburymedia.co.uk/ catalogues and reviews Bradbury's work across all media, and is the most extensive bibliography and filmography of Bradbury on the web.

Nichols, P. (2010) The Illustrating Man: Photos, Paintings and Tattoos in the Short Stories of Ray Bradbury. Presented at The Image In The Short Story In English, University of Angers, France, 19 March 2010.

Nichols, P. (2011) Living in a Limited World: Omniscience and Point of View in the Works of Harlan Ellison. Presented at The Eaton Conference, University of California Riverside, 12 February 2011.

Nichols, P. (2012) Apocalyptic Revisions: Ray Bradbury’s Screenplay Versions of The Martian Chronicles”. Presented at the Current Research in Speculative Fiction conference, University of Liverpool, 18 June 2012.

Nichols, P. (2012) “Re-writing Apocalypse: Evolving Views of the End of the World in the Screenplays of Ray Bradbury”. Presented at Science Fiction Research Association Conference, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 29th June 2012.

Nichols, P. (2012) “Tribute to Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012”. Presentation and preparation of documentary film compilation. Presented at The Eaton Conference/SFRA Conference, University of California Riverside, 30th June 2012.